Abba Date - April 27th 1979

On the 27th April 1979 Abba released their latest single "Does Your Mother Know" in the UK. The single entered the charts at number 19 before jumping up to number 4 where it stayed for 3 weeks. The top five in the UK w/c 6th May 1979 was as follows -

1. Art Garfunkel - "Bright Eyes"
2. M - "Pop Muzik"
3. Boney M - "Hooray, Hooray, It's A Holi-Holiday"
4. Abba - "Does Your Mother Know"
5. Racey - "Some Girls"

Outside the UK the single was also a big hit reaching number one in Belgium ; other chart positions are shown below -

• Number 3 - Ireland
• Number 4 - Netherlands
• Number 6 - Switzerland
• Number 7 - Australia
• Number 8 - Canada
• Number 9 - Zimbabwe
• Number 10 - Germany
• Number 12 - South Africa
• Number 13 - Austria
• Number 17 - Mexico
• Number 19 - USA